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Farmer Focus: June drought blamed for poor wheat yields
Farmers Weekly This is the year that just keeps giving. If the weather pattern for the previous growing season wasn’t bad enough, we now find ourselves in a snatch-and-grab harvest, with wheat moistures ranging from 21.25%…
Business Clinic: Can we fence public footpath near river?
Farmers Weekly Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Richie Rees, associate in Thrings’ agriculture team, sets out how to address a footpath issue.…
How to use light exposure to improve milk production in cattle
Farmers Weekly The amount of light a cow is exposed to during a day is called the photoperiod, and it affects some of the hormones the cow produces: melatonin, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and prolactin. By…
This Week in Farming: SFI delays, pickup prices and collabs
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to This Week in Farming, where we bring you the very latest from five biggest topics affecting agriculture in the past seven days. This week we have a focus on the merits of deeper…
New NTDC History Book Celebrates Former Champions
“From Roadeo to TDC: A History of the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships" takes the reader back in time.
Instacart Files for IPO Revealing Profit, PepsiCo Investment
Instacart joined chip designer Arm Holdings Ltd. in moving ahead with an initial public offering, adding momentum to a return of high-profile listings.
Rail trade group says federal safety hotline could be misused
The sticking point between railroads and rail worker unions over a federal hotline for reporting safety concerns is how to ensure rail employees don’t misuse the system to avoid discipline, the head of the railroads’ trade…
AARP pushes feds to protect older pedestrians from truck accidents
WASHINGTON — The country’s largest advocacy group for people over 50 wants federal regulators to do more to protect pedestrians from getting hit by trucks. AARP — formerly the American Association of Retired Persons — is…
Knight-Swift executives take pay cut amid cost reduction efforts
Following a tough second quarter, Knight-Swift Transportation announced Friday after the market closed that its two top executives would take a 20% voluntary cut to their base pay for the remainder of the year. The…
Walmart, Alphabet’s Wing partner on Dallas drone delivery
This story originally appeared at flyingmag.com. Walmart has gained a reputation as a home to some of the weirdest and wackiest shoppers among us. If you live in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, you may be able to avoid…
